Libercontrarian

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Once More Into The Breach, Dear Friends

I thought I'd take a stab at the "illegal alien problem" the hard-working members of Congress and the Executive Branch have decided to ignore yet again, although I know it's completely useless. I've said this two dozen times in the past on this blog, and nobody cares, but here I go again:

Close the borders. Man them with State Army National Guard units, put up a fence, monitor every foot of it both North and South. Deport the existing illegal aliens when they are captured. Give no amnesty to these lawbreakers; it'll be like turning on the kitchen light in your Florida condominium and watching the roaches scatter. Observe as policing agencies uncover vast criminal enterprises whose goal is the smuggling of drugs, humans, terror weapons, and stolen goods, and marvel at the result. Enjoy as incomes go up for the poorest Americans, whose employers will be obliged to a.) Follow the law in their hiring practices, or suffer jail terms for disobedience and, b.) Pay these American citizens LIVING WAGES as a result of their need to compete for a reduced workforce. Yes, prices of goods and services will go up - this is called inflation and is normal in a healthy economy. Since a rising tide lifts all boats, salaries, stagnant since Ronald Regan was in his second term, will actually rise to meet the increasing cost of living, and Americans will be actually able to afford things like houses, instead of getting interest-only loans, so as to pass the burden onto the next owner/lendor foolish enough to risk such financial calisthenics.

Oh, and let us not forget the other side benefit - as no American city is the recipient of a weaponized plague brought over the Mexican border, or is erased by an ice-cream truck with a thermonuclear device hidden inside, hundreds of thousands to MILLIONS of American citizens won't be incinerated to ashes. They can go on to live their merry lives, comforted in the fact that their country is secure.

Of course, we won't do any of this... yet. We will do all of these things AFTER one of the above-listed disasters ruins the economy, disrupts or destroys the lives of millions, and causes a backlash that will make America the most hated nation in the world. See, as Americans, it's in our nature to Give Failure A Chance, to let the conflagration really get a head up BEFORE we take care of the problem. Remember Pearl Harbor? U.S.S. Cole? 9/11?

My only hope is that we don't wait so long that the country is completely destroyed by one gigantic blow - like a nuclear strike by Iran using an EMP weapon, followed by bio-warfare stuff or an attack on our power grid.

This little note was inspired by this article about our daily release of untold numbers of illegal aliens that are classified as OTM - Other Than Mexican. These are people who may be here to hurt us, and we're letting them go so that they can reappear in court at a later date, at their own recognizance, of course. 87% never show.

I wonder what they're doing?

posted by: underwhelmed at July 03, 2005 14:47 | link | comments |

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